Three Actionable Things You Can Do Today to Find Commercial Photography Clients

I teach and write about commercial photography. Not babies and weddings and senior photography – that is consumer focus and I happily admit I am not involved in that end of the business. My focus is on commercial. Business to business – imagery for commerce is what gets my attention focused. I am often asked […]

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Photoshop Power Tip – Using Screen Blending To Spice Up A Portrait

Here’s a quick, yet powerful, tip on how to move a portrait from great to awesome fairly quickly. While this method is quick the results can be very impressive if done right. You would need a fire on black pattern like the Fire Pack from the texture store, a copy of photoshop and of course, a portrait. I […]

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10 Different Lighting Setups Using A single Light And A Single Softbox

Many times photographers think they are held back by lack of gear. However, having just one strobe and one softbox is more than you need to create so many looks and apply your photography to so many subjects. Photographer Tony Corbell uses a single light and a softbox to show ten different lighting setups and applications. […]

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Dodge & Burn – With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

If you split an image into its most basic components, you can look at each pixel as the sum of the following info: Brightness Color Tone Saturation If we look at a black and white photo for example, one only element present in the photo is brightness. So any three-dimensionality is determined exclusively by the (relative) […]

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Shooting Jason Voorhees Slashes A Golf Player

Photographer Leo Rosas wanted to create a Halloween inspired golf themed photo. And what better way to make to have Jason Voorhees (from friday the 13th) slash away at an innocent golf player? With the final results quite fitting this weekend, Leo was king enough to share both the lighting setup and the photos before and after […]

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High Key, Low Key, Or Just Badly Exposed?

Here is Wikipedia’s definition for Low-Key Lighting: Low-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography, film or television. It is a necessary element in creating a chiaroscuro effect. Traditional photographic lighting, three-point lighting uses a key light, a fill light, and a back light for illumination. Low-key lighting often uses only one key light, optionally […]

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